Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-22

BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA.
The San Francisco Bulletin remarks:
The growth of the southern part OF Cal.
ifornia during the past two years mas
been unprecedented, and an impetus has
been given to the State, which there are
reasons to believe, will push it far along
the road to prosperity in the next two
years. The immigration which is now in
progress has no parallel in the history OF
the growth of new countries-for Cali
fornia may be said to be new to the
world, as its advantages and resources
are Just beginning to be learned outside
Of the State. The people who are now
coming among us and causing such o
movement in business circles are not old.
time settlers, who enter a new land with
their family goods in . wagon, or who
pack their effects in q few boxes and
take passage in an emigrant car. They
come now in palace cars, and have drafts
and checks for large sums OF money,
which is freely invested in lands which
please the fancy, and each train that
goes eastward takes thither thousands of
advertisements Of the natural attractions
of the Pacific Coast, which surpass in
effectiveness anything which enterprising
land agents could effect through pam
phlets or newspaper articles.
1t is evident to every one who has OBJ
served what has been going on for the
past two or three years that the present
rapid development of the State is due, in
a great measure, to lower railroad fares
than formerly prevailed, which have
stimulated travel to this Coast. 1t was
only necessary for Eastern people to
visit California to become convinced OF
its advantages. But for years they were
practically forbidden to come. The cost
of a trip to California was more than
that of a trip to Europe, and it is not to
be wondered at that people who had only
a very hazy idea of this State should
conclude that they could get more for
their money in foreign travel than in
visiting a part of the country which had
been noted mainly for mines and wheat.
How easily all of these ideas were
changed is being constantly demon.
strated, and it is safe to predict that the
next decade will show a growth in Cali
fornia which has been equaled in no
other part Of America. Kansas has been
a phenomenal State, but it will have to
take the second place.
The railroads are a sure index of
growth. The railroad maps show at a
glance the advance which has been made
in the last three years towards "grid-
ironing" California with tracks. The
Southern Pacific is reaching out in vari-
GUS directions for "feeders branch
lines, which pay we'll. Among the o
ticahls extensions now under way are
the line to connect San Francisco with
Portland, the new line in the San Joa.
quin Valley, the extension which will
give Santa Barbara, San Buenaventura
and other places direct communication
with the main overland line of the
Southern Pacific, the lines heading to-
wards the city of San Diego, the pro-
posed extension of the Southern Pacific
from Benecia to Santa Rosa, the extern
sion of the Southern Pacific from Willows
towards Mendocino and Humboldt, and
the extension of the San Francisco and
Northern Pacific to Ukiah. Noticeable
also are the operations of the Atlantic
and Pacific road in Los Angeles county,
including the harbor building at Ballona.
With these very extensive additions to
the railroad facilities of the State, and
the potent fact that the Atchison system
is headed toward San Francisco, the rail-
road development of the State promises
to be very rapid.
The State of Kansas may be said to
have been settled by a railroad, and its
rapid growth and present prosperity is
due. in a great measure, to the develop.
ment of its u by the road which
has opened them up to the world. What
has been done for Kansas can and will
be done for California ON a very enlarged
scale.